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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and vitamin B12 deficiency share common inflammatory and neurodegenerative pathophysiological characteristics. Due to similarities in the clinical presentations and MRI findings, the differential diagnosis between vitamin B12 deficiency and MS may be difficult. Additionally, low or decreased levels of vitamin B12 have been demonstrated in MS patients. Moreover, recent studies suggest that vitamin B12, in addition to its known role ...

Standing apart from the various other essential nutrients, vitamin D was spotlighted recently as havingspecial therapeutic potential. This has important implications for the management of chronicmusculoskeletal pain and fatigue syndromes.

During this past June 2008, news-media headlines heralded recent clinical research that revealedbenefits ...

well, i did an informal experiment. off supplements for about 6 months. a few things getting on my nerves lately, so started back up in a half-assed fashion over the last week or so. took the most comprehensive dose of different things last night and woke up this morning to realise i had been dreaming. i hadn't even registered that i had no dream recall until it came back. now we shall see if it ...

A lack of vitamin D may be a direct cause of multiple sclerosis (MS), a study has found. Researchers say the discovery may have important public health implications since so many people have insufficient levels of the essential ...

The relationship between vitamin D and multiple sclerosis (MS) has been investigated for at least 50 years. It has been implicated epidemiologically in the latitudinal gradient that associates decreased exposure to sunlight in higher latitudes with a higher incidence of MS.

My vitamin D, after two rounds of megadosing in different ways, is now up to 58 ng/ml, which is much closer to where I want to be - but still not quite there yet.

I will probably do another megadose after I let my body settle out from the steroids I've just been on a bit. So my first method was to take a 400,000 IU dose followed by 10,000 IU daily supplementation, which raised ...

I ran across a supplement the other day that contains nicotinamide riboside which goes by the trade name of Niagen. It's supposed to help bump up mitochondrial activity by increasing NAD+ levels. Could this be the missing link for reactivating mitochondria in MS and possibly slowing or preventing neurodegeneration?

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